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...early stages. The virus is spread from person to person by direct contact or through the air (via respiratory secretions or airborne spread of secretions from the chickenpox lesions). The usual incubation period is 13 to 17 days. Initial symptoms may be sore throat, fever, headache or other viral like symptoms. These often occur a few days before the rash, which traditionally starts on covered parts of the body (chest or trunk) and then spreads to other areas...
When RSVPing, FlyBy was informed that all spots for guys had been taken. Hmm…this was interesting. Since when has speed dating been more popular among males than females? We immediately imagined a giant room full of white guys with yellow fever. Great...
...tone that day by declaring, "Jerusalem's fate will be decided with jihad and resistance, and not negotiations." The symbolic power of the Jerusalem issue has a radicalizing effect not only on the Palestinians, but all across the Arab and Muslim world, with anti-Israel sentiment at a fever pitch even in Turkey, a long-standing Israel ally...
...increased risk of side effects. Pandemrix has an adjuvant which hasn't been tested sufficiently up until now," Alexander Kekulé, a virologist at the University of Halle, tells TIME. "Celvapan is a whole-virus vaccine, which has fewer side effects than Pandemrix, but it leads more often to fever or local swelling when compared with the normal seasonal-flu vaccine," he adds. Although Kekulé calls the government's handling of the vaccination program a "scandal," he says government officials and soldiers are not necessarily getting a better deal with Celvapan. "Neither Celvapan nor Pandemrix are ideal," he says...
...Authorities quickly issued health warnings about waterborne diseases after the storm. For leptospirosis, people were told to cover cuts and abrasions with waterproof bandages, and thoroughly wash after wading in floodwater. Early symptoms of the disease include fever, rash, vomiting and jaundice; renal failure, hemorrhaging and liver disease are among its life-threatening complications. An average of 680 leptospirosis cases and 40 deaths from the disease are reported every year in the Philippines. And while its incidence is far higher in tropical than temperate regions, global surveillance of the disease is generally poor, said Adam Craig of WHO's Western...